Cisco Ethernet Switches vs Enterasys Ethernet Switches [EOL] comparison

Cisco and Extreme are both solutions in the Ethernet Switches category. Additionally, 96% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Extreme users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Cisco Ethernet Switches and Enterasys Ethernet Switches [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Ethernet Switches

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

134

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7.0

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Ronald Van Rees

Business Owner at Vareza

Offers a power stacking feature and enhances port speed with impressive stability

The vendor is presently working with large digital network architectures and additional software, as it is now willing to become a software-focused company instead of a hardware one. Cisco Ethernet Switches presently provide two options, either the user can utilize the basic features or the advanced software. Previously, advanced features were included in the basic package, but now they are provided as add-ons that need to be purchased separately for an extensive period of three or five years. As part of the advanced features in the solution, there is Digital Network Architecture (DNA) that provides insights, multiple dashboards and monitoring capabilities over Nexus and Catalyst switches from Cisco. Sometimes, customers need to buy features for Cisco Ethernet Switches that they do not require or use. The basic switches like the C1000 from the vendor don't have the DNA feature, but advanced version switches like Cisco Ethernet Switches have made the add-on purchases mandatory to avail certain features, which makes it difficult for several users.

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LauriLaanenurm

Network and Security Engineer at Datafox OÜ

Good for networking large buildings, but there are problems with failing parts and the price should be lowered

I have experience with many vendors including Aruba, Juniper, and Cisco Meraki. These days, we primarily sell switches from HPE, Aruba, and Cisco. There is not much difference in the features between these switches and the one from Enterasys. It is only the command set that is different. Aruba is the easiest switch to configure. The access list should be different on Enterasys switches, compared to other vendors.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Cisco's support is number one in the world."

"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of the central management system(CMS)."

"Cisco as a whole is flexible."

"We don't need any support from Cisco since there are a lot of materials and training about Cisco available online. I feel Cisco's support is good."

"Technical support has always been helpful."

"This product is widely available and the warranty is very good."

"Technical support is excellent. They are very helpful."

"Cisco switches have several valuable features like VLAN mapping. We seldom use that, but we find the security configurations helpful, like high availability with trading port channels and MAC filtering."

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"This is a big telco switch with six slots."

"Enterasys Ethernet Switches are stable."

Cons

"We are less in the Cloud because the Cloud technologies didn't work so well. That happened in all of the companies where I've been engaged."

"The price could be lower. It's quite expensive."

"If we can have fewer bugs on our switches, that would be great. We had bugs that caused the switch to reboot. There is probably a problem with the software."

"Cisco can improve its stability for the BGP protocol. It is not stable while recalculating the BGP table. Its price should also be improved. It is very expensive."

"The high price of the tool is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"Cisco could definitely work on delivering improved pricing to its customers."

"The enterprise-level switches should have a simpler deployment. They should make it possible for lower-skilled workers to be able to deploy the product."

"We've had hardware problems like SSDs, ports, networking, things like that."

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"Enterasys could provide better support, needs an improved user interface and improved performance."

"The initial setup could be made simpler."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is highly expensive compared to other solutions. The prices get tripled when they arrived in my country of Angola."

"The price of this solution is fair."

"It is an expensive product since it is used in a large network where you cannot rely on some cheaply priced solution."

"The solution can be comparatively cheaper."

"This is an expensive solution, but you are paying for stability."

"Cisco Ethernet Switches are more expensive than Huawei Ethernet Switches."

"While Cisco's pricing can be a concern, particularly with support fees, its overall features and support community make it a solid choice."

"It is an expensive product."

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"These switches are very expensive compared to those from other vendors."

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it_user82779

Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Jan 29, 2014

Benefits of Juniper vs Cisco

Both are decent products. I prefer Juniper for the following reasons: 1) Cleaner separation of data plane from control plane. Higher end Cisco devices are better at this but most of the lower end products still seem to be more integrated than I like. 2) The Hierarchical config design means I can…

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Questions from the Community

Would you recommend replacing a Cisco Catalyst Switch by a D-link one?

Hello Mesfin It depends on the real scenario, the cisco 2960 is a very good device and they usually have routing functions but there are many different models within the same 2960 line, and on the ...

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Which would you choose - Fortinet Fortiswitch secure access or Cisco Ethernet Switches?

We researched Cisco but ultimately chose Fortinet FortiSwitch Secure Access, mostly because of the price. Fortinet FortiSwitch is an ethernet switch solution that provides security and performance...

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In terms of ethernet switches, would you go with Cisco or Juniper?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Cisco or Juniper Ethernet switches were the better fit for us. We decided to go with Juniper. Juniper ethernet switches are a lesser-known...

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Overview

Cisco Ethernet Switches scale to meet the needs of networks of all sizes. They are Secure, Reliable and Seamless.

Cisco

Enterasys Ethernet Switches S-Series delivers a powerful combination of Terabit-class performance along with granular visibility and control over users, services, and applications, voice and video, virtualization, and cloud computing. Enterasys S-Series, through a combination of management automation, a robust and highly resilient distributed architecture, built-in security, and flexible power configurations specifically designed. Enterasys S-Series delivers both the comprehensive functionality and configuration flexibility to be deployed as a premium high-density network edge access device, high performance distribution layer switch, resilient enterprise class multi-Terabit core router, high-end storage switch and as a data center virtualization solution.

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